Desmonema gaudichaudi   (Lesson, 1832)

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Scyphozoa | Semaeostomeae | Cyaneidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic; depth range 200 - 3000 m (Ref. 122852).  Polar; 35°S - 78°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southern Pacific, Southwest Atlantic, Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic: from Cape Horn Chile, to North Island New Zealand and Antarctica.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 60.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)

Short description Morphology

50 to 60 cm wide; with only 5 to 7 tentacles in a single line in each cluster; few broad canals in the lappets, the lateral ones unilaterally branched.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in deep waters (Ref. 122852).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Scyphozoa are gonochoric. Life cycle: Egg is laid by the adult medusa which later develops into a free-living planula, then to a scyphistoma to a strobila, and lastly to a free-living young medusa.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Kramp, P.L. 1961. (Ref. 2992)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100).